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Greens leader Richard di Natale forced the suspension of a Senate hearing on Monday, February 27, when he brought out a piece of what he said was dead coral from the Great Barrier Reef. Committee chairwoman Senator Linda Reynolds told di Natale that props weren’t allowed. She suspended the meeting when he refused to put the chunk of coral away, the ABC reported. Talking over Reynolds, Di Natale continued to claim he had a right to produce the coral in support of his argument following Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce’s recent stunt, when he carried a piece of coal into the House of Representatives. “We had the treasurer in the House of Representatives wave a lump of coal, a lump of coal, passing it around,” Di Natale said shortly before the suspension. “Will the minister for the environment pass around a piece of coral to demonstrate what will happen if the Great Barrier Reef dies?” Credit: Richard di Natale via Storyful